Deconstructed Cajun Black Bean Burgers With Sweet Potato Oven Fries

Ingredients

15 ounces can black beans
1/2 cup cilantro
1 serrano pepper, deseeded and deveined
3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
1/4 cup gluten-free bread crumbs
1/2 beet, julienned or shredded
1 carrot, julienned or shredded
1 tablespoon Creole Seasonings* (see below)
2 tablespoons Hemp Seeds
1 large sweet potato, sliced
1 Tablepoon Creole Seasoning
1 cup fennel, thinly sliced
1/2 cup romaine lettuce, chopped
1/8 cup red onions, thinly sliced
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation

1
Burgers
2
In a food processor, shred the carrot and beet and set aside in a bowl.
3
Add 1/4 cup of beans to mixture.
4
Add the rest of the beans to the food processor.
5
Add the rest of the ingredients and pulse until pureed.
6
Add bean mixture to the shredded veggies and combine well.
7
Form 5 patties.
8
Heat a nonstick skillet with 1 Tablespoon olive oil and cook 3 patties at a time for 3-5 minutes on each side on medium heat.
9
Repeat with the rest of the patties and serve.
10
Sweet Potato Fries
11
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
12
Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
13
Mix all the ingredients and spread potatoes over cookie sheet.
14
Bake for 20-25 minutes.
15
Fennel Salad
16
Combine all ingredients and massage the salad for 3 minutes.
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About

Since I have been concentrating on more whole foods and less carbs, new recipes keep coming in my mind. Last night, despite being home alone, I decided to make something delicious and creative. A few days ago I talked about the same types of food that are available to vegans at Mexican restaurants, well how about I talk about foods available at pubs and burger places? Not too much to offer except for a "veggie" burger or otherwise known as a "mystery" veggie burger. Sometimes I wonder what all those because they all seem sometimes generic. Who likes generic. Take Chili's restaurants. I like that they offer BOCA burgers and a Black Bean burger because at least that is more than one choice. I have a local tap room that serves a delicious veggie burger that is created by the chef, but otherwise, every other place has the same patty.

Last night I decided to try my hand at my own black bean burger with a Cajun flair. It was gluten-free and full of veggies. I left off the bun, thus the deconstructed part, and placed the burger on a bed of fennel / romaine lettuce with then a layer of tomatoes and avocado. Nothing can be too compelete without the fries so I made the low glycemic option of potatoes by making sweet potato. Regular potatoes have too much sugar so sweet potatoes are the better option

Yield:

5.0 patties

Added:

Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 8:48am

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